ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,553, issued on Dec. 16.

"Apparatus and method for mediation of PFAS contamination in an environment" was invented by Randall P. Moore (Powell, Tenn.) and Kevin B. Jackson (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of moderating concentration of at least highly fluorinated alkyl materials (e.g., molecules) from a contaminated aqueous feed liquid containing an original composition of between 5 parts/trillion and 3000 parts/billion of the at least highly fluorinated materials per liter of water into an aqueous electronic separator having multiple chambers including a feed chamber having a liquid exit port from which a med...